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Cap. 9 · Criminal Code (Cap. 9)

Cap. 9 Art. 659Production of written confession.

Title II

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(1) Where it is not possible to record a confession by audiovisual means in terms of article 355AUA(8)( ), if a e confession is reduced to writing at the time it is made, the writing shall be produced; and only if it is proved that the writing has been destroyed or lost, may oral evidence, in lieu of such writing, be admitted for the purpose of proving the substance of such confession.

(2) Nothing in this article shall operate as a bar to the admissibility in evidence of any other confession verbally made before or after.

Amendment history
  • Amended by LI.2016.7